Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely holiday and enjoyed Christmas.

We spent Christmas and New Year in Edinburgh, unfortunately we were nursing a poorly Finlay and Hamish for most of it. It wasn't a very sociable two weeks, but it was nice to all be together. It was Finlay's first Christmas and for the most part he enjoyed it - mainly crunching up the wrapping paper. He is so very cute, smiling a lot and lifting his arms up to you so you can pick him up. Hamish had a lot of fun and didn't know what to look at next he had so many gifts to open! New Year was spent hugging Finlay in front of the tv......

We can't believe how fast they are growing up. Hamish is such a little boy now, he chats away to you and doesn't miss a trick. He has now started to say 'because' and his sentences get longer and longer. He still loves cars the most and likes to sing and say his nursery rhymes. He is very fond of Finlay and likes to hold his hand, he can of course be a mean big brother and not share his toys but this is how children are sometimes.

This year Richard hopes to work from home and only travel in the UK. It is great having him around so much as he gets to see the boys every day and of course it is less tiring for me. Although some days we are both so tired we wish they could put themselves to bed!

It is very cold here and we are looking forward to getting rid of the hats and coats and getting outside more. It is going to be an exciting year as Finlay will learn to walk, Hamish we hope will use the toilet very soon (!) and we plan a few trips away. Our first one is to Aviemore to visit the Reindeers at the end of January.

I will write more soon, with bits and pieces about the boys and family life.

Take care
Big hugs
Ali x